WHITE BOOK ON LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE FIELD OF PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT

26 July 2018

AccordingtothedataoftheWorldHealthOrganizationfor 2016, UkraineranksfourthinEuropebynumber of deaths per 100 thousand persons (137 deaths) resulting from air pollutioni. Tocompare, intheneighbouringPolandandSlovakiathisfigure makes respectively 76 and 59 cases, and in Austria – only 39 out of 100 thousand deaths. Analysisofdrinkablewater, madebyprivatelaboratoriesinKyivregion, showedthatout 15.6 thousandsamplesofwatertakenfromtheregion’ssupply wells and wells, respectivelyin 21% and 36 % of cases water was polluted. InDnipropetrovskregiontheresultsofanalysisofabout one hundred fifty supply wells showed that water was polluted in 71% out of themii.

Ukrainehaslegislativeactsin place, aimedtoregulatesocialrelationsinthefieldofnaturalresourcesuseandto protect the environment from pollution and excessive use. Therulesofthegameinthefieldaresupportedbyestablished liability (criminal, administrative, civil) for their breach, but not to a sufficient extent. Nowadays citizens and businessesconstantly violate environmental norms, while the state is not capable of enforcing their adequate performance using legal liability remedies.

iMortality attributed to household and ambient air pollution– WHO, http://apps.who.int/gho/data/view.main.GSWCAH37v